As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
From the Spring 2021 issue of TBF News: A new Boston Foundation fund targets its support to nonprofit partners serving the many immigrant, low-income and economically disadvantaged Asian Americans in Greater Boston.
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Born in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood as the son of Chinese immigrants, Boston Foundation Board member Paul Lee has dedicated much of his work to supporting and founding Asian-serving nonprofits - now as co-founder of the Asian Community Fund.
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From the Spring 2021 TBF News: One year after COVID ravaged communities in and around Boston, we revisit those communities to explore how local leaders are working to ensure equity in the recovery of what has been an inequitable pandemic.
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A remarkable new video from the Associates of the Boston Public Library brings to life letters of some of Boston's most-famed 19th century abolitionists, through the voices of today's students at Boston Arts Academy.
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State Street Corp. and Eastern Bank each have finalized $1 million commitments to the Latino Equity Fund. They are kicking off an ambitious effort to raise $10 million to rebrand the fund and broaden its mission. Tufts Health Plan, which recently merged with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, is the other key corporate donor so far, pledging $333,000. And an anonymous donor has pledged $450,000.
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During the pandemic, Codman Square NDC - while maintaining the same body of work they always have - has expanded operations to spearhead Covid-19 relief programs and several special initiatives.
Read moreEager to prove that the centuries-old, largely male-dominated genre does not lend itself to a gender-specific composition, Verónica Robles, with the help of a Live Arts Boston grant in 2018 from the Boston Foundation, set out to form New England’s first all-female mariachi. For her, the time couldn’t be better to educate the public about the Mexican music tradition, and the strides women are making within it.
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In the wake of International Workers' Day, Aixa Beauchamp (co-founder, Latino Equity Fund; co-chair, Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund) and Tammy Tai (Deputy Director, King Boston) remind us - "The calls of Dr. King, Chávez, & Huerta for labor rights, economic fairness, & racial justice ring as true today as they ever did."
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This report for Success Boston, The Boston Foundation and the Boston Opportunity Agenda explores the many reasons why students at two institutions, Bunker Hill Community College and UMass-Boston, "stopped out" of their learning without a degree, and the reasons they did (or did not) return. The report also discusses ways in which other two- and four-year institutions might take the lessons of this report into practice.
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A new report released at the Boston Foundation lays out the needed changes to create a strong ecosystem for entrepreneurs of color, and tracks the racial entrepreneurship gap in Massachusetts.
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A report from the Boston Foundation, the Boston Private Industry Council, Burning Glass Technologies and NextGen Talent explores the labor market experiences of recent college graduates from Boston Public Schools, and examines how well graduates are connecting to internships & landing “that good first job” after graduation.
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A web collection and a new report capture some of the impacts and lessons learned of the Place Leadership Network, a year-long pilot bringing together a diverse cohort of place-based organizations to learn, build a network, and work toward creating more equitable spaces in Greater Boston
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The Spring 2021 edition of TBF News features a closer look at the new Asian Community Fund, along with a profile of one of its founders, Paul Lee. Plus we revisit Chelsea and East Boston one year after the start of the pandemic, and share how an anonymous Boston Foundation donor has given voice to the words of some of the nation's leading 19th-century Abolitionists.
